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<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nIt is important to note: that the first organized work among the men of our Association was started by a woman. On October 29, 1929, Mrs. Muriel Viola States wife of Rev. Wellington N. States called a meeting for the young men of Hammonds Plains for the purpose of starting a men\u2019s group. This organized men group was called the Men\u2019s Progressive Club of Hammonds Plains. The second men\u2019s group of our association was organized by Rev. Rodney, New Glasgow in 1930. Lic. William P. Oliver, Windsor Plains organized a men group in June 1936. R.K. Delong, organized a men group in New Glasgow, September, 1936. Rev. William P. Oliver, in Halifax organized a men group in September, 1938. The Laymen\u2019s Council came into existence after a number of Christian Men from the Churches of the African United Baptist Association became interested in setting up a Provincial Men\u2019s Group. During the 91st sessions of the African United Baptist Association in 1944, these interested men made their move. The Moderator at this time was Rev. A. N. Morgan and the Clerk was Rev. William P. Oliver. When the Clerk gave the Executive Report he made it known that there were a number of interested men from the different churches of the African United Baptist Association who wanted to form a Provincial Men\u2019s Group. On Saturday, August 19th, 1944 the vote was positive and this is when the Laymen\u2019s Council gave birth and came into existence.<\/span><\/p>\n President \u2013 Bro. J. A. Ross Kinney First Vice President \u2013 Dea. Allan W. Evans Second Vice President \u2013 Dea. Richard S. Symonds Third Vice President \u2013 Dea. Howard B. Lawrence Secretary \u2013 Bro. Walter R. Johnston Assistant Secretary \u2013 Bro. Russell Christmas Supervisor \u2013 Rev. Albert W. Thompson Additional Executive Members: Dea. C.H. Johnston and Dea. Edgar Johnston Convention Representative: Provincial President \u2013 Bro. J. A. Ross Kinney<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About Us It is important to note: that the first organized work among the men of our Association was started by a woman. On October 29, 1929, Mrs. Muriel Viola States wife of Rev. Wellington N. States called a meeting for the young men of Hammonds Plains for the purpose of starting a men\u2019s group. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.laymen-aubans.ca\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.laymen-aubans.ca\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.laymen-aubans.ca\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.laymen-aubans.ca\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.laymen-aubans.ca\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.laymen-aubans.ca\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71,"href":"http:\/\/www.laymen-aubans.ca\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.laymen-aubans.ca\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOur First Executive Council in 1944<\/strong><\/h3>\n